Aoi Hana Gets Real

Aoi Hana once inspired me to draw a distinction between real lesbians and super lesbians, mainly because the “lesbians” in Aoi Hana were constantly crying instead of groping each other. Not only was I hoping for another kind of waterworks, the horrendous cry/grope ratio was only one of several criticisms I had of the show.

There was nothing going on between the two main girls. It didn’t help that there were only 11 episodes, and it’s certainly not uncommon in anime for the one true pairing to spend an eternity in limbo. Regardless, I could only see them as friends. These two didn’t give me any wood to build a ship. As far as I could tell, one of them wasn’t a lesbian, and the other was in a hopeless relationship with another girl who wasn’t a lesbian (who was sought after by yet another girl who wasn’t a lesbian).

Final Grade: ~

Normally I wouldn’t give a ~ rated title a second glance, but the recommendation came from Yi, who when presented with 100 random pictures from my site, including several instances of yuri, was most enticed by the following:

It’s safe to say this is the most non-lesbian picture ever. If Yi liked it, and she also liked Aoi Hana, I had to be missing something. So I read the manga. Shit gets real (relatively speaking). Instead of giants eating humans, tall lesbians eat short lesbians. The main girls finally pair off, and even though I doubt the short one is a real real lesbian, that in itself makes an interesting dynamic. Also, one of the fake lesbians is out of the picture, leaving the fake lesbian who liked her to develop into a much more interesting character. There’s still too much crying, but at least there’s no piano music to accompany it.

Current Grade: +

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you guys are the toughest vote for me yet but like I said so many time before, I will vote for my favorite and that’s that. I still love Yi though in a totally platonic kind of way and nothing lesbian about it at all.

This just randomly occurred to me. You love long, epic, winding stories, full of plot and twists and intrigue and comedy, yes? Have you ever read MSPaint Adventures? It’s a webcomic that’s pretty much the greatest story ever told, except it’s multiple stories and they’re all amazing. There’s Problem Sleuth, which I’m almost 100% sure you’ll like, and also Homestuck, which I’m sure you’ll like if you don’t hate it at the beginning.

If the anime had covered the latest 20 or so manga chapters, I surely would’ve liked it more. The lack of development early in the story between the two main girls felt odd in a structural sense. Just didn’t see what they were going for when viewing the anime in isolation. There’s also the relatability factor I’m sure you appreciated more than I did.